tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post264124486121243088..comments2024-02-03T13:09:38.313+00:00Comments on Mirabilis - Year of Wonders: Kissed by a beeLeo Hartashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14417174942647091006noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-41693750971465762472010-03-22T00:00:57.549+00:002010-03-22T00:00:57.549+00:00I'm not dissing Tintin; I'm not dissing Wa...I'm not dissing Tintin; I'm not dissing Watchmen either, as the post makes perfectly clear. Both are brilliant, and personal favourites of mine. But they will not reach 90% of the reading public. The point is that Mezolith transcends the label of "comics" and will be relatable to the wider audience in a way that those other works are not. That is why Mezolith deserves to be seen in a wholly different light.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-30143346045219428702010-03-21T18:58:48.040+00:002010-03-21T18:58:48.040+00:00I don't see the necessity for dissing Tintin. ...I don't see the necessity for dissing Tintin. Hergé has nothing to envy from Dickens and Steinbeck.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-80654773451974793112010-03-20T17:34:06.449+00:002010-03-20T17:34:06.449+00:00Actually, Sandy, I was going to send you my Amazon...Actually, Sandy, I was going to send you my Amazon copy because Ben has very kindly said he's going to let me have one of his advance copies. (He said that *after* I did the review btw - it wasn't bribery!) <br /><br />I think you will enjoy it. Everybody talks about it as being "for older kids" or "for teens" but really it's one of those breakout stories, like Lord of the Rings or a Pixar movie, that transcend age demographics and all that marketing twaddle :)Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-58046116736224132072010-03-20T07:08:18.071+00:002010-03-20T07:08:18.071+00:00I remember seeing the first episode of Mezolith in...I remember seeing the first episode of Mezolith in the DFC. It looked like something from a whole other universe in comparison with most of the other comics, and grabbed me from the very first page. I am glad to learn I can get the whole comic in one volume (when it is finally released, that is). I will save it a place of honour on the shelf beside Mirabilis. :)Sandyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00599376696122828129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-23508734589201911662010-03-18T19:18:10.281+00:002010-03-18T19:18:10.281+00:00Blushing now :-)Blushing now :-)Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-35652545515057751482010-03-18T18:41:37.955+00:002010-03-18T18:41:37.955+00:00We do indeed David, I'm truly captivated by Mi...We do indeed David, I'm truly captivated by Mirabilis,it touches a lot of buttons for me in ways different to Mezolith and in fact any other graphic novel that I have yet encountered. I think what you and Leo and Nikos have created with the story of young Jack Ember and Estelle not to mention the ironically titled "Kind Gentleman" is enchanting, stimulating and compelling - a really fabulous piece of work.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-72712104287747626002010-03-18T17:11:59.339+00:002010-03-18T17:11:59.339+00:00It's not going to happen, I'm afraid, Pete...It's not going to happen, I'm afraid, Peter. But I will make sure to order you up one of the secure-link Lulu copies of the whole of Book One in exchange for a hot-off-the-presses copy of Cloud 109 when it appears. Do we have a deal?Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-51888684032000968562010-03-18T16:16:21.000+00:002010-03-18T16:16:21.000+00:00Well now then if the sleeping giant (aka Random Ho...Well now then if the sleeping giant (aka Random House) could get Mirabilis out for Christmas I think we'd be well on the way to seeing the skies lit up.<br /><br />Still loving my Lulu copy...Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-44030107901800700682010-03-18T15:38:01.476+00:002010-03-18T15:38:01.476+00:00If something else of Mezolith's calibre comes ...If something else of Mezolith's calibre comes along later this year, then that really will make 2010 a "comet vintage" - I mean the way wine connoisseurs use the term, not green magic comets :-)Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-21642845817761226752010-03-18T15:28:37.373+00:002010-03-18T15:28:37.373+00:00OK Dave top twenty of all time, actually the reaso...OK Dave top twenty of all time, actually the reason I made it 2010 was that I was excusing previous list compilers from omitting it from their lists. <br /><br />And the reason I wasn't going to nominate if for number 1 spot was just in case something miraculously slips under the net for this year.<br /><br />You never know ...<br /><br />But other than that it is just an amazing work of art - truly breathtaking.<br /><br />And it would definitely be in my all time top twenty.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-23768046577449492532010-03-18T08:38:53.360+00:002010-03-18T08:38:53.360+00:00I feel it should score a lot higher than the top 2...I feel it should score a lot higher than the top 20 for this year, Peter! Now, if you'd said the top 20 of all time...<br /><br />It certainly didn't fit in with the much younger stuff in the comic. But I just see that as an accident of its early days. The Beatles appeared on Opportunity Knocks but that didn't define them for the rest of their careers. Mezolith will find a huge worldwide audience who will never even be aware that its first volume (of many, hopefully) was once serialized in a short-lived British weekly.Dave Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14468228790874490693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7321339472666778123.post-11724645897384902652010-03-17T19:28:50.996+00:002010-03-17T19:28:50.996+00:00Couldn't agree with you more on this assessmen...Couldn't agree with you more on this assessment Dave, when I first encountered Mezolith a year or so ago I was just totally blown away. Absolutely compelling work and so immediate that it just pulls you into the story which it has to be said is very dark and challenging at times, to the extent that I was really impressed that David Fickling had had the cojones to publish the story in the DFC.<br /><br />If it doesn't end up on every comicologist's list of top twenty graphic novels of 2010, I for one will be putting on my black fedora and red scarf and meting out vengeance on the perpetrators of such an injustice.Peter Richardsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15566601617123798061noreply@blogger.com